diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index ee1c577238f7..8afea12c8d44 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -1084,12 +1084,9 @@ static void mlx4_ib_alloc_eqs(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev)
 	int total_eqs = 0;
 	int i, j, eq;
 
-	/* Init eq table */
-	ibdev->eq_table = NULL;
-	ibdev->eq_added = 0;
-
-	/* Legacy mode? */
-	if (dev->caps.comp_pool == 0)
+	/* Legacy mode or comp_pool is not large enough */
+	if (dev->caps.comp_pool == 0 ||
+	    dev->caps.num_ports > dev->caps.comp_pool)
 		return;
 
 	eq_per_port = rounddown_pow_of_two(dev->caps.comp_pool/
@@ -1135,7 +1132,10 @@ static void mlx4_ib_alloc_eqs(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev)
 static void mlx4_ib_free_eqs(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev)
 {
 	int i;
-	int total_eqs;
+
+	/* no additional eqs were added */
+	if (!ibdev->eq_table)
+		return;
 
 	/* Reset the advertised EQ number */
 	ibdev->ib_dev.num_comp_vectors = dev->caps.num_comp_vectors;
@@ -1148,12 +1148,7 @@ static void mlx4_ib_free_eqs(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev)
 		mlx4_release_eq(dev, ibdev->eq_table[i]);
 	}
 
-	total_eqs = dev->caps.num_comp_vectors + ibdev->eq_added;
-	memset(ibdev->eq_table, 0, total_eqs * sizeof(int));
 	kfree(ibdev->eq_table);
-
-	ibdev->eq_table = NULL;
-	ibdev->eq_added = 0;
 }
 
 static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)